Union Public Service Commission released the Prelims exam result on 12th June 2023. Candidates can refer to the official website to check the UPSC Prelims 2023 result.
UPSC Prelims 2023 took place on May 28, 2023. The official UPSC Cut Off 2023 For Prelims this year is 75.41 marks. The UPSC Prelims 2023 cut-off for all candidates was released on 18 April 2024.
UPSC conducts the All-India Exam, Civil Services Examination (CSE) every year. The exam takes place in three stages – Prelims, Mains and the Interview. To pass each stage, the candidates are required to score marks above the UPSC Cut Off that is decided by the Commission. For the understanding of the IAS Exam, this article will provide you with information on the UPSC Cutoff marks for IAS Prelims 2023-24; how is UPSC Cut-Off calculated; and the year-wise official cutoff of the civil services exam.Â
Interested candidates can get their hands on IAS Prelims Question Papers 2023 and IAS Answer Key 2023 from the below-given links:
Facts about UPSC Cut Off
The following points can clear doubts on how UPSC Cut Off is calculated:
- The UPSC prelims cut-off marks are based on General Studies I only. The General Studies II or the CSAT paper is not counted for merit ranking and is only qualifying in nature. The GS II paper requires candidates to score at least 33% in it to be eligible for the mains. To read in detail how IAS Cutt Off is decided, check — How Does the UPSC Decide the Cutoff for UPSC Prelims Exam?
- The UPSC cut off marks indicate the marks of the last candidate who was selected based on the number of vacancies in a particular category. The UPSC releases the cut off marks for both Prelims and Mains only after the final result of the Civil Services Exam for that specific year is declared.
- UPSC has cleared a few things with regards to the selection of candidates based on cut off:
- Case 1 – If two candidates score equal aggregate marks in the Civil Services Examination, the Commission resolves the tie by allotting a higher rank to that candidate who secures more marks in compulsory papers, and IAS Interview put together.
- Case 2 – If two candidates score equal also in compulsory papers and UPSC personality tests put together, the candidate who will be senior in age will be allotted a higher rank.
- Case 3 – If two candidates who score equally in both compulsory papers and UPSC CSE Interview; and also are same in age; then the candidate who would have secured more marks in only compulsory papers will be allotted a higher rank.
UPSC Cut Off 2023 for CSE Prelims 2023
Civil Services Prelims 2023 examination was conducted on 28th May 2023. The examination took place in two sessions – 9:30 AM -11.30 AM and 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM.
The following table gives the official UPSC cut off marks for all stages of the exam as given by the commission:
| Official UPSC Cut-Offs 2023 | |||
| Category | UPSC Cut-Off (Prelims) | UPSC Cut-Off (Mains) | UPSC Cut-Off (Final) |
| General | 75.41 | 741 | 953 |
| EWS | 68.02 | 706 | 923 |
| OBC | 74.75 | 712 | 919 |
| SC | 59.25 | 694 | 890 |
| ST | 47.82 | 692 | 891 |
| PwBD-1 | 40.40 | 673 | 894 |
| PwBD-2 | 47.13 | 718 | 930 |
| PwBD-3 | 40.40 | 396 | 756 |
| PwBD-5 | 33.68 | 445 | 589 |
To know the trend of difficulty level followed by Union Public Service Commission in terms of Prelims, Mains & Interview Round, knowing the UPSC CSE Previous Year Cut Off Marks will be beneficial. Check year-wise Previous Year UPSC Prelims cut off 2022, Mains & Final Round for your reference.
Candidates can download the previous year question papers and answer keys from the below-given links:
Additionally they can also see the UPSC Cut Off Marks 2022 below:
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Prelims 2022
The UPSC Prelims 2022 was conducted on June 5th 2022. Now, the official notice has declared that CSE Cut Off for Prelims 2022. Only those candidates who scored above the UPSC Prelims cutoff had qualified for the Mains stage of the exam. According to the Official Cut-Off list, marks for various category of candidates is as given below:
| UPSC Cut Off – IAS Prelims 2022 | |
| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 88.22 |
| EWS | 82.83 |
| OBC | 87.54 |
| SC | 74.08 |
| ST | 69.35 |
| PwBD-1 | 49.84 |
| PwBD-2 | 58.59 |
| PwBD-3 | 40.04 |
| PwBD-4 | 41.76 |
Candidates should know that cutoff for IAS, IPS and IFS remains the same.
Check the image of the Cut-off 2022 released by the UPSC:
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Mains 2022
The IAS Mains 2022 cut off that has been officially announced by the Commission is given below:
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Mains 2022
| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 748 |
| EWS | 715 |
| OBC | 714 |
| SC | 699 |
| ST | 706 |
| PwBD-1 | 677 |
| PwBD-2 | 706 |
| PwBD-3 | 351 |
| PwBD-4 | 419 |
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Final 2022
The final cut off for UPSC 2022 is as follows:
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Final 2022
| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 960 |
| EWS | 926 |
| OBC | 923 |
| SC | 893 |
| ST | 900 |
| PwBD-1 | 879 |
| PwBD-2 | 913 |
| PwBD-3 | 632 |
| PwBD-4 | 590 |
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Prelims 2021
The UPSC Prelims 2021 was conducted on 10th October 2021. BYJU’S had analysed that the IAS Prelims Cut Off 2021 would be around 95-100 (+/-2). Now, the official notice has declared that CSE Cut Off for Prelims 2021. Only those candidates who scored above the UPSC Prelims cutoff had qualified for the Mains stage of the exam. According to the Official Cut-Off list, marks for various category of candidates is as given below:
| UPSC Cut Off – IAS Prelims 2021 | |
| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 87.54 |
| EWS | 80.14 |
| OBC | 84.85 |
| SC | 75.41 |
| ST | 70.71 |
| PwBD-1 | 68.02 |
| PwBD-2 | 67.33 |
| PwBD-3 | 43.09 |
| PwBD-4 | 45.80 |
Candidates should know that cutoff for IAS, IPS and IFS remains the same.
Check the image of the Cut-off 2021 released by the UPSC:
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Mains 2021
The IAS Mains 2021 cut off that has been officially announced by the Commission is given below:
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Mains 2021
| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 745 |
| EWS | 713 |
| OBC | 707 |
| SC | 700 |
| ST | 700 |
| PwBD-1 | 668 |
| PwBD-2 | 712 |
| PwBD-3 | 388 |
| PwBD-4 | 560 |
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Final 2021
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Final 2021
| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 953 |
| EWS | 916 |
| OBC | 910 |
| SC | 886 |
| ST | 883 |
| PwBD-1 | 892 |
| PwBD-2 | 932 |
| PwBD-3 | 689 |
| PwBD-4 | 701 |
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Prelims 2020
The UPSC Prelims 2020 was conducted on 4th October 2020. BYJU’S had analysed that the IAS Prelims Cut Off 2020 would be around 95-98 (+/-3). Now, the official notice has declared that CSE Cut Off for Prelims 2020. Only those candidates who scored above the UPSC Prelims cutoff had qualified for the Mains stage of the exam.
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UPSC Cut Off – IAS Prelims 2020 |
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| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 92.51 |
| EWS | 77.55 |
| OBC | 89.12 |
| SC | 74.84 |
| ST | 68.71 |
| PwBD-1 | 70.06 |
| PwBD-2 | 63.94 |
| PwBD-3 | 40.82 |
| PwBD-4 | 42.86 |
Candidates should know that cutoff for IAS, IPS and IFS remains the same.
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Mains 2020
The IAS Mains 2020 cut off that has been officially announced by the Commission is given below:
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UPSC Cut Off – IAS Mains 2020 |
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| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 736 |
| EWS | 687 |
| OBC | 698 |
| SC | 680 |
| ST | 682 |
| PwBD-1 | 648 |
| PwBD-2 | 699 |
| PwBD-3 | 425 |
| PwBD-4 | 300 |
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Final 2020
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UPSC Cut Off – IAS Final 2020 |
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| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 944 |
| EWS | 894 |
| OBC | 907 |
| SC | 875 |
| ST | 876 |
| PwBD-1 | 867 |
| PwBD-2 | 910 |
| PwBD-3 | 675 |
| PwBD-4 | 465 |
UPSC Cut Off 2020:
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UPSC Cut Off – IAS Prelims 2019
The UPSC Prelims 2019 was conducted on June 2, 2019, and as analysed by the BYJU’S, UPSC Prelims cutoff score is in the range of 95-100 for the general category.
Check UPSC Answer Key 2019 here.
The table below mentions the official UPSC Cut-Off 2019 for all the categories:
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UPSC Cut Off – IAS Prelims 2019 |
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| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 98 |
| EWS | 90 |
| OBC | 95.34 |
| SC | 82 |
| ST | 77.34 |
| PwBD-1 | 53.34 |
| PwBD-2 | 44.66 |
| PwBD-3 | 54.66 |
| PwBD-4 | 61.34 |
Candidates should know that cutoff for IAS, IPS and IFS remains the same.
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Mains 2019
The IAS Mains 2019 cut off that has been officially announced by the Commission is given below:
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UPSC Cut Off – IAS Mains 2019 |
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| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 751 |
| EWS | 696 |
| OBC | 718 |
| SC | 706 |
| ST | 699 |
| PwBD-1 | 663 |
| PwBD-2 | 698 |
| PwBD-3 | 374 |
| PwBD-4 | 561 |
UPSC Cut Off – IAS Final 2019
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UPSC Cut Off – IAS Final 2019 |
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| Category | UPSC Cut Off |
| General | 961 |
| EWS | 909 |
| OBC | 925 |
| SC | 898 |
| ST | 893 |
| PwBD-1 | 861 |
| PwBD-2 | 890 |
| PwBD-3 | 653 |
| PwBD-4 | 708 |
UPSC Cut Off Marks 2019
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UPSC Cut off 2018 Prelims
The cutoff marks for the UPSC prelims exam 2018 is 98 for the general category. The category-wise minimum qualifying marks for prelims of the IAS Exam are given in the following table.
| Category | UPSC Prelims Cutoff Marks (out of 200) |
| General | 98 |
| OBC | 96.66 |
| SC | 84 |
| ST | 83.34 |
| PwBD – 1 | 73.34 |
| PwBD – 2 | 53.34 |
| PwBD – 3 | 40 |
| PwBD – 5 | 45.34 |
UPSC Cutoff Marks 2018
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A general candidate needed only 98 out of 200 marks in the GS I paper to clear the 2018 IAS prelims. If you analyse, this is lower than the cutoff marks of both the 2017 and 2016 UPSC Prelims exams. While it was 105.34 in 2017, it was 116 in 2016.
UPSC Mains Cut Off 2018
The cutoff marks for the IAS mains (written) exam 2018 is 774 for the general category candidates. Take a look at the next table; it gives the mains (written) exam cut off marks in the various categories.
| Category | UPSC Mains Cut off Marks (out of 1750) |
| General | 774 |
| OBC | 732 |
| SC | 719 |
| ST | 719 |
| PwBD – 1 | 711 |
| PwBD – 2 | 696 |
| PwBD – 3 | 520 |
| PwBD – 5 | 460 |
Check the image to get the UPSC Cut Off 2018 (Mains) details below:
Candidates who scored a minimum of 774 marks (which is 49%) in the mains written exam would have cleared it. This is subject to the candidates securing at least 10% marks in each of the seven papers namely, Essay, GS I, GS II, GS III, GS IV, Optional I and Optional II. And of course, the candidates would also have had to qualify the language papers (English and Indian language) with at least 25% of the marks.
The UPSC has also released the total marks secured by the last person in every category. The next table gives you those numbers:
| Category | Marks Secured by the Last Recommended Candidate (out of 2025) |
| General | 982 |
| OBC | 938 |
| SC | 912 |
| ST | 912 |
| PwBD – 1 | 899 |
| PwBD – 2 | 908 |
| PwBD – 3 | 754 |
| PwBD – 5 | 718 |
Year-Wise UPSC Prelims Cut-Off (2011-2016)
Aspirants can refer to the table below to check out the trends in cutoff for the years 2011-2016:
UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2016
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UPSC Cut Off 2016 |
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| Category | Expected Cut Off |
| General | 116 |
| OBC | 110.66 |
| SC | 99.34 |
| ST | 96 |
| PH1 | 75.34 |
| PH2 | 72.66 |
| PH3 | 40 |
UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2015
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UPSC Cut Off 2015 |
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| Category | Expected Cut Off |
| General | 107.34 |
| OBC | 106 |
| SC | 94 |
| ST | 91.34 |
| PH1 | 90.66 |
| PH2 | 76.66 |
| PH3 | 40 |
UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2014
| UPSC Cut Off 2014 | |
| Category | Expected Cut Off |
| General | 205 |
| OBC | 204 |
| SC | 182 |
| ST | 174 |
| PH1 | 167 |
| PH2 | 113 |
| PH3 | 115 |
UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2013
| UPSC Cut Off 2013 | |
| Category | Expected Cut Off |
| General | 241 |
| OBC | 222 |
| SC | 207 |
| ST | 201 |
| PH1 | 199 |
| PH2 | 184 |
| PH3 | 163 |
UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2012
| UPSC Cut Off 2012 | |
| Category | Expected Cut Off |
| General | 209 |
| OBC | 190 |
| SC | 185 |
| ST | 181 |
| PH1 | 160 |
| PH2 | 164 |
| PH3 | 111 |
UPSC Prelims Cut Off 2011
| UPSC Cut Off 2011 | |
| Category | Expected Cut Off |
| General | 198 |
| OBC | 175 |
| SC | 165 |
| ST | 161 |
| PH1 | 135 |
| PH2 | 124 |
| PH3 | 96 |
Year-Wise UPSC Mains Cut-Off (2005-2015)
Aspirants can refer to the table below to check out the trends in cutoff for the years 2005-2015:
| Year | Mains Cut-off (GEN) | Mains Percentage of the Last Candidate | Mains + Interview Marks (GEN) | Mains + Interview Percentage of the Last Candidate |
| 2015 | 676/1750 | 38.62 | 877/2025 | 43.30 |
| 2014 | 678/1750 | 38.74 | 889/2025 | 43.90 |
| 2013 | 562/1750 | 32.1 | 775/2025 | 38.27 |
| 2012 | 700/2000 | 35 | 936/2300 | 40.69 |
| 2011 | 842/2000 | 42.1 | 1090/2300 | 47.39 |
| 2010 | 904/2000 | 45.2 | 1134/2300 | 49.3 |
| 2009 | 899/2000 | 44.95 | 1127/2300 | 49 |
| 2008 | 954/2000 | 47.7 | 1161/2300 | 50.47 |
| 2007 | 1005/2000 | 50.25 | 1210/2300 | 52.6 |
| 2006 | 975/2000 | 48.75 | 1179/2300 | 51.26 |
| 2005 | 986/2000 | 49.3 | 1203 | 52.3 |
Candidates who are preparing for UPSC 2023 must know that the cut-off every year varies on the difficulty of the examination and the number of aspirants appearing for it, along with some other minor factors. The one factor a candidate can control is the preparation level, and that can easily be done by covering the entire UPSC syllabus thoroughly. A candidate must be aware of the topic-wise syllabus and prepare accordingly from the right reference books.
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Madam/sir,
here iam looking the cutoff marks for prelims.
but came to know that prelims paper I and II are just qualify in nature. candidates need to score 33% to 40% in prelims for writing mains paper. if only qualifying is enough to write mains then why cutoff?
Hi Pratibha
In Prelims, there are two papers. General Studies and CSAT. CSAT is qualifying in nature. However, marks scored in the General Studies paper are used to decide cut-off.
Is cutoff of 33% to 40% cumulative marks scored in GS and CSAT or is it individual? Meaning individually we need to score more than 40 % in GS and CSAT. Same for Language papers, we need to score 25 % individually in both or is it okay if we score 60% in English and 10 % in Local language?
Hi
You have to score a minimum of 33 percent in CSAT paper of Prelims. And, you have to score a minimum of 25 percent in each language paper, i.e. you have to score a minimum of 75 marks in each of it.
Really helpful website, thank you
I wanna cut off marks for 2020 preliminary exam .
How can I get ..??
Hi,
The official cut off will be released post the finals results of UPSC 2020.
How many marks will get to qualify for UPSC preliminary 2023 GS-1 paper for SC (pass marks).
For example For qualify the GS -2 have to get 33% like this is there any percentage for preliminary GS-1.
Hi Anil, Please note that there are no passing marks for UPSC GS Paper 1. The cut off marks are determined after the Prelims is held.